I want my audience eyes to widen in excitement as they move from panel to panel. I start out with pencil drawing on Bristol. From there I watercolor my drawing to get realistic gradation for my art piece. Then, I scan my artwork into Photoshop to touch up any smudges that appear on the art piece, and I print it on computer paper. Three art influences in my life are Alex Ross, J.G. Jones, and Italian baroque paintings. Baroque paintings showed me that the right light can create powerful emotional effects. Ross’s work taught me that comic book art doesn’t have to be flat colors and ink. It can have layered coloring and smooth gradation. Jones demonstrated that little detailing in the artwork like seam lines in fabric, that most comic book artist do not put into their work. General public view on comic books is that it is for little kids. That’s where realism is so important for comic books. I believe by incorporating realism to the comic book style it can show that comics are meant for a mature audience and stray away from the notion that they are meant just for kids. The themes I like illustrating are theatrical in nature. I lean toward the theatrical because being at the theater you can see and feel human emotion happening in front of you.